8th March 2005, 01:18 PM
Scientific language is not poncy or full of jargon, that's why it is scientific. It may be diificult to understand outside that discipline because it's specialised, it's the nature of the beast.
The difficulty is when people deliberately use contrived jargon and verbiose and convoluted phrasing, and invent new words (often "isms) in the belief that that makes it scientific and thus will enhance the credibilty and academic worth of their work and themselves. A principle or proposition is just as valid in plain good grammar.
I heard a good 'un yesterday. "Immediate horizontal disposal strategy".
It means chucking the rubbish out.
The difficulty is when people deliberately use contrived jargon and verbiose and convoluted phrasing, and invent new words (often "isms) in the belief that that makes it scientific and thus will enhance the credibilty and academic worth of their work and themselves. A principle or proposition is just as valid in plain good grammar.
I heard a good 'un yesterday. "Immediate horizontal disposal strategy".
It means chucking the rubbish out.